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'If you take away land, you take away life'
- Foreign Policy
- 11 September 2014
Cambodia's prime minister made a promise to tackle the country's most nagging social problem. Now his compatriots are taking him at his word.
Tropical forests illegally destroyed for commercial agriculture
- Guardian
- 11 September 2014
Increasing international demand for palm oil, beef, soy and wood is fuelling the illegal destruction of tropical forests at an alarming rate.
Sommet climat de l'ONU : vers une agriculture sous l'emprise de la finance et des multinationales ?
- Mediapart
- 10 September 2014
Malgré les échecs des marchés carbone, la Banque mondiale et la FAO oeuvrent pour faire de l’agriculture l’un des pivots de la décarbonification de l’atmosphère et un sous-système de la finance carbone, ce qui pourrait aggraver l'accaparement de terres par des investisseurs internationaux.
Environmental journalist faces harassment from Indian multinational corporation for critical article
- IFEX
- 10 September 2014
International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate Indian Journalists Union (IJU) condemn an attempt to harass a well-known environmental journalist by Karuturi Global Limited (KGL).
Palm oil, poverty and ‘imperialism’: A reality check from Liberia
- Global Witness
- 10 September 2014
Silas Sikor of the Sustainable Development Institute responds to Sir Jonathon Porritt's suggestion that oil palm plantations are a solution to poverty.
Africa’s dividing farmlands a threat to food security
- IPS
- 10 September 2014
As investors rush to East and southern Africa for large-scale land acquisitions, a majority of Africa’s farmers now farm on less than one hectare.
Chinese authorities eye agricultural investment in Laos
- Vientiane Times
- 10 September 2014
Authorities of Quanzhou city in China’s Fujian province have expressed their interest in agricultural investment in growing rice and organic vegetables to supply the Chinese market.
Africa an El Dorado for South Africa’s agribusiness giants
- ACB
- 09 September 2014
The ACB releases new report which shows the extent to which South African agribusinesses dominate the farm to fork agribusiness value chain in Africa-worth billions of dollars.
Michigan pension fund to invest more in Australian nuts, livestock
- Reuters
- 09 September 2014
Thousands of miles from pricey U.S. farmland, a Michigan pension fund is expanding its investments in Australian farms, betting on good returns from the comparatively cheaper assets and surging commodity prices.
Major African music artists to perform pro bono for PLAD’s STOP Africa Land Grab concert
- Black News
- 09 September 2014
The Partnership League for Africa’s Development presents the STOP Africa Land Grab Concert to bring awareness to the on-going massive land acquisition in Africa by foreign investors.
Peru: Monoculture sweeps Amazon Forests
- Latinamerica Press
- 09 September 2014
Recent reports reveal that the regional governments of Loreto and Ucayali, in the eastern part of the country, have sold millions of hectares of virgin forests as rural land for African oil palm cultivation.
DGC Asset Management to launch farmland investment vehicle for investors
- DGC
- 09 September 2014
UK-based project developer DGC Asset Management is to launch a new subsidiary, Vaccinium (UK) Limited, which will invest in farms and estates in the US, Latin America and Europe.
Draft plantations bill on foreign ownership limit hits presidential hurdle
- Reuters
- 08 September 2014
Indonesia's outgoing president is against a draft bill that would retroactively limit foreign ownership of plantations to no more than 30 percent.
FIAN publie un étude sur l'accès à la terre en Belgique et en Europe
- FIAN
- 08 September 2014
FIAN Belgium, en partenariat avec la FUGEA, le MAP, Terre-en-vue et Terre de Liens, publie une étude qui s’intéresse à la pression foncière exercée actuellement en Europe qui menace l’avenir de notre agriculture.
¿Qué es el acaparamiento de océanos?
- El Ciudadano
- 07 September 2014
El término ‛acaparamiento de océanos’ pretende arrojar nueva luz sobre una serie de importantes procesos y dinámicas que están afectando negativamente a las personas y comunidades cuya forma de vida, identidad cultural y medios de vida dependen de su participación en la pesca en pequeña escala.